Multifaiths planners and calendars 2011 - 2012 Multifaiths eBook www.multifaiths.com/demo/pageflip.html Festivals noted in the 2011- 2012 Multifaiths eBook are annual events that people celebrate once during the course of a solar or lunar year. The eBook contains information on the primary sacred times for world religions, as well as information on national commemorations and days of significance relevant to nations across the world, multinational observations, days of international significance. A3 Multifaiths monthly planners www.multifaiths.com/pdf/June2011.pdf www.multifaiths.com/pdf/July2011.pdf www.multifaiths.com/pdf/Aug2011.pdf Acas religion and belief guide http://multifaiths.com/pdf/Acas2010religion.pdf This new updated guide gives employers and managers practical help in complying with the Equality Act 2010 and in creating a fair working environment in which no one is put at a disadvantage because of religion or belief. Calendars and almanac in Islamic civilisation http://multifaiths.com/world-calendars/almanac-islamic-calendar Islam attaches importance to the structuring of each day, so as to make the best use of time. Daily, Weekly and Yearly worship is laid out in a specific regular system that enables people to lead their life in a productive way. Daily affairs and work are organised within this framework of times of prayer, defined according to the sun by day, and the moon and its phases by night. Lunar calendars http://www.multifaiths.com/Islamic-Calendar-eBook/islamic-calendarebook.html Lunar calendars, including chinese, Hindu, Islamic and Jewish calendars, measure the time it takes for the Moon to orbit the Earth 12 times, 354.3667 days. The lunar calendar falls short of the solar calendar by 11 days a year. This deficiency can be made up by occasionally inserting a 13th month, in a method called “intercalation”. What and when is the Biblical “New Moon”? http://www.multifaiths.com/New-Moon-Biblical/new-moon-biblical.html Is it the dark of the moon? Is it the first faint visible crescent? Can it be calculated mathematically in advance? What does the Bible say? by William F. Dankenbring Divisions of time in Hindu calendar http://www.multifaiths.com/Panchang-Intro-eBook/panchang-intro-ebook.html Telling time has been refined to a science in the Hindu culture. And nowhere is time given greater prominence than in the Hindu temple. In India, several states use a solar-year calendar while others use the lunar-year calendar. In all states the lunar calendar is used for determining the dates of religious festivals and for selecting auspicious times for beginning many socio-religious activities. Mathematics of the Chinese calendar http://www.multifaiths.com/Chinese-Calendar-eBook/chinese-calendarebook.html Chinese New Year is the main holiday of the year for more than one quarter of the world’s population. In addition to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore it is also a public holiday in South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Laos, Vietnam and Mauritius. About Multifaiths www.multifaiths.com - World Religion & Faith Belief Website Membership to the site, eBook and Monthly Planner http://multifaiths.com/subscribe/membership-plan Skype: multifaiths or contact us - Mahendra Hirani - Tel: 0845 430 9114